The best test of whether someone is extremely stupid (or extremely wise) is whether financial and political news makes sense to him. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
There have been many measures taken to try to turn the educational system towards more control, more indoctrination, more vocational training, imposing… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Regardless of whether the authors I've translated have been "dead and canonized," or "living and established," or even simply "emerging," I must… — Andre Naffis-Sahely Copy Share Image
No virtue can be real that has not been tried. The gold in the crucible alone is perfect; the loadstone tests the… — Pedro Calderon de la Barca Copy Share Image
I don't think the question is if should we have a shield law. I think the question is what kind of shield… — Ted Gup Copy Share Image
The truest test of civilization, culture and dignity is character and not clothing. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
the test of a cook is how she boils an egg. My boiled eggs are fantastic, fabulous. Sometimes as hard as a… — Nancy Mitford Copy Share Image
I believe that there is no test of greatness in periods, nations or men more sure than the development, among them or… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
When you put yourself in environments that continually test you, that's where all the good stories come from. That's where the jokes… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
There is no better test of a man's ultimate chivalry and integrity than how he behaves when he is wrong... A stiff… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
But, as we have before been led to remark, most of Mr. Darwin's statements elude, by their vagueness and incompleteness, the test… — Richard Owen Copy Share Image
It is not the literal past that rules us, save, possibly, in a biological sense. It is images of the past.... Each… — George Steiner Copy Share Image
“We can never really be prepared for that which is wholly new. We have to adjust ourselves, and every radical adjustment is… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
Love is reckless; not reason. Reason seeks a profit. Loves comes on strong, consuming herself unabashed. Yet in the midst of suffering… — Rumi Copy Share Image
It is often difficult to definitively link a specific instance of disease to one particular cause, like water pollution. Even when tests… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
What I like about experience is that it is such an honest thing. You may take any number of wrong turnings; but… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The TV scientist who mutters sadly, "The experiment is a failure; we have failed to achieve what we had hoped for," is… — Robert M. Pirsig Copy Share Image
Would I rather the research lab that tests animals is reduced to a bunch of cinders? Yes. — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
We are the first to ever publicly advertise we dont test on animals. — John Paul DeJoria Copy Share Image
Astronomy is not the apex of science or of invention. But it is a test of the cast of temperament and mind… — Jacob Bronowski Copy Share Image
I think daily life is where the lessons come in - that's where the tests and the growth come in. — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Religion is no test of nationality, but a personal matter between man and his God. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Competition in its best form is a test of self. It has nothing to do with medals. The winner is the person… — Al Oerter Copy Share Image
When I hear bad news I look at it as another leadership test that will determine how successful Go Daddy will become.… — Bob Parsons Copy Share Image
The test of beauty is whether it can survive close knowledge. — Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Copy Share Image
